linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] fs: dax: Adding new return type vm_fault

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Date:   Mon, 23 Apr 2018 12:49:17 -0700
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>
Cc:     jack@...e.cz, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        dan.j.williams@...el.com, mhocko@...e.com,
        kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] fs: dax: Adding new return type vm_fault_t

On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 11:36:25PM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> If the insertion of PTE failed because someone else
> already added a different entry in the mean time, we
> treat that as success as we assume the same entry was
> actually inserted.

No, Jan said to *make it a comment*.  In the source file.  That's why
he formatted it with the /* */.  Not in the changelog.